California Attorney-General Rob Bonta is launching a lawsuit against US President Donald Trump over his decision to deploy the National Guard to quell protests in Los Angeles. Demonstrators have been taking to the streets to oppose the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. The state’s Governor Gavin Newsom says the Trump administration’s mobilisation of troops without his request escalated tensions, accusing the US president of deliberately drumming up chaos. Mr Trump has defended the decision and claimed Los Angeles would have been ‘obliterated’ without the military intervention.
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